I never got myself ridiculously hyped up for Spore - I've always intended on buying it, especially after Will Wright's incredible GDC presentations, but I never thought it would be the end-all be-all game.

Just bought it this morning, and I'm loving it so far Sure, the gameplay segments on their own aren't the most groundbreaking, but it's definitely the case of the sum being more than the parts. And the art design is just so charming and beautiful, and pox on everyone who says it's stupid and kiddy!

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I never got myself ridiculously hyped up for Spore - I've always intended on buying it, especially after Will Wright's incredible GDC presentations, but I never thought it would be the end-all be-all game.

Just bought it this morning, and I'm loving it so far Sure, the gameplay segments on their own aren't the most groundbreaking, but it's definitely the case of the sum being more than the parts. And the art design is just so charming and beautiful, and pox on everyone who says it's stupid and kiddy!

If I ever got 30-40 hours of entertainment with every game I ever bought then I would be one happy gamer! Even games I really enjoy I usually don't even get close to 30 hours of entertainment. There are very few games that I play through more than once, they have to be extremely good for that to happen.

Not all that impressed. It's a decent enough game, I got my money's worth, but it's going to be the sort of game that I maybe play through two or three times, probably 30-40ish hours in total, and then put down. Not bad in the grand scheme of things, but it's certainly not the god-knows-how-many hours I spent with each SimCity.